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Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 7017

Received: 05/03/2019

Respondent: Kate Riemer

Representation Summary:

Site is vital in preserving the Meriden Gap and the significant heritage, landscape and ecological assets. The Green Belt Assessment is flawed. Site 1 extends into Broad Area 4 which performs highly. Refer to Berkswell Parish Council response to Draft Local Plan (p33-34) on Green Belt score.
Include all proposed adjoining sites to prevent piecemeal development ahead of HS2.
No development until HS2 is completed.
Rural aspect of the land should be maintained and preserved by retaining established trees and hedgerows. Green space should be shown between existing and new development.
Oppose local access points onto Meeting House Lane.

Full text:

We oppose the inclusion of Site 1 because of its vital role in preserving the Meriden Gap and the significant heritage, landscape and ecological assets across the site.

The Green Belt Assessment is flawed. Site 1 is assessed as not performing highly even though it extends into Broad Area 4 which performs highly in Green Belt terms.
We would also refer you to the detailed comments and revised Green Belt scoring for this site (revising the GBA score of 6 to a score of 9) in the Berkswell Parish Council response to Draft Local Plan, p33-34.
The plan is insufficiently developed. It must be strengthened to cover the whole site by including all proposed small adjoining sites and to prevent inappropriate piecemeal development ahead of HS2 completion. There should be no development until HS2 is completed.
It must ensure the rural aspect of the land is maintained and preserved by retaining established trees and hedgerows and green space is clearly shown between existing and new development.
We strongly oppose the consideration of local access points onto Meeting House Lane p.15 either for construction work or new housing. This traditional lane is entirely unsuitable for additional traffic.